Fly on the wall

If you had been the fly ladybug on the wall window of our car this afternoon in carpool, you might have heard… ~~~~~~~~~~~ Mia:  Mom, look the clouds are crying. ~~~~~~~~~~~ PJ:  Mia, did you know Venus is Earth’s ugly sister? Mia: Who’s Venus? PJ: It’s a planet.  And it’s called Earth’s ugly sister and […]

If life were perfect…

…Ty would sit still long enough to complete a audiology evaluation and we would not have to go back in 6 months to make sure he can hear low pitches. …Ty would stay awake at 10:20AM in the car for 10 minutes and then nap at the appropriate time later in the day. …Ty would […]

Foto Friday

This week   was Spirit Week   at school                     And, by the way…       GO RAVENS!

Wiser and older than his years

If you were an adult trapped in a 6-year-old body… You might read the Bible (a Revised Standard Version to boot) to dispel your fears before you go to bed.  When your mom made you put it away because she was cranky and tired and wanted you to go to sleep and did not know […]

Pudding

They say “proof’s in the pudding.”  Here’s proof that PJ is indeed riding a bicycle (sans training wheels).  I never got footage of him on the little 12″ bike that he actually learned on.  We upgraded to his old Spider Man bike and put training wheels on the 12″ bike for Mia.  Note: One needs 12″ training […]

Milestones and Precious Moments

It has been a week of milestones for us. Mia had preschool camp at Redeemer all week in the mornings.  It’s been a great time to spend quality time with the boys.  Monday we ventured out to an outdoor, enclosed roller hockey rink to practice riding bikes.  I’ve been working with PJ a couple times […]

T is for…

Toilet:  To sign ‘potty’ in ASL, you shake the sign for ‘T’ …like ‘toilet.’  I realized a while ago that Ty can pee on demand for a treat (read M&M)  so we’ve started the potty (toilet) training journey for the third time.  Because of the language delay, we’re using ASL to help Ty communicate when […]